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Problems With The GNOME Shell

Phoronix: Problems With The GNOME Shell

Debates surrounding Linux desktop environments, especially the new Ubuntu Unity shell and the GNOME 3.0 Shell, tend to be very polarized. There also tends to be lots of trolling by users when such debates occur within our forums and elsewhere. But what do graphics driver developers -- and those not out simply to rant -- think of the new desktops? Well, Alex Deucher of AMD recently switched over to the GNOME Shell and he's provided a list of issues he's had with the experience thus far...

desktop PC users are a dying breed. Everyone tends to optimize for mobile platforms, yet, gnome3/unity have large issues with small screens - fixed-height windows that don't show the buttons etc. I also moved from Gnome3 to KDE because of these issues. At least, KDE is not trying to be "netbook UI".

desktop PC users are a dying breed. Everyone tends to optimize for mobile platforms, yet, gnome3/unity have large issues with small screens - fixed-height windows that don't show the buttons etc. I also moved from Gnome3 to KDE because of these issues. At least, KDE is not trying to be "netbook UI".

Not sure I'd agree with desktop users being a dying breed. I think it's more that people are using multiple devices now, and they're trying to make a "one size fits all" interface, which often will fall down in a heap.

But you are truly to use the same interface to all devices? The design principles that apply and go well for a tablet UI doesn't fit to a desktop UI neither a pda/smart phone. So, at the end, you have a product that doesn't fit any segment.